Ch.2 Flashcards
(16 cards)
civilization
a group if people who live in a complex, organized society within a culture
fertile
rich
plain
a flat area of land
plateau
and area of high, flat land
irrigation
a system for watering crops
city-state
a city with its own form of government, villages, and traditions
region
an area of land with common physical features
artisan
a crafts person
fertile crescent
a curved region with rich soil in the middle east where one of the first civilizations
Mesopotamia
a area of flat land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers where one of the first civilizations formed
Uruk
a large Sumerian city-state in Mesopotamia
Kish
an early city state in Mesopotamia
Lagish
an early city state in Mesopotamia
Nippur
an early city state in Mesopotamia
Umma
an early city state in Mesopotamia
Ur
an early city state in Mesopotamia
